Favourite Sci-fi movie??

Parson said:
Abernovo --- Please save yourself from two hours of utter rip off. There are maybe a 2 or 3 good scenes in the movie. The aliens are ridiculous. The weaponry was straight out of 1960. The believability was was a notch or two above absolute zero. And the ending looked like something someone dreamed up during a weekend drug binge.
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Yeah. All of the above. But it was great fun.
 
Mouse said:
Serenity's probably my fave though. I am a leaf on the wind... Oh god! Blub.
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That scene hit me harder than any cinema moment in the last decade. I felt like I'd been sucker punched in the best way.

I also have to give a nod to Moon, which was mentioned above. Not a favorite really, but one of the most interesting and thought provoking movies I've seen in a long time.

Also love Blade Runner and the Matrix, cliche'd as they are.
 
I loved district 9, so looking forward to seeing Elysium.
I couldn't get enough of independence day when it came out.
 
So many great movies.

But if I had to be specific it'd have to be The Empire Strikes Back.
 
JunkMonkey said:

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Good pick. There are many interesting Eastern Bloc SF titles from the 60s-80s waiting to be uncovered. Tarkovsky's Solaris and Stalker are well-known, of course, but there's a lot of odd stuff that hasn't been seen much in the West (one I have seen, and recommend, is the eccentric SF comedy Kin-dza-dza).

As for Hollywood, I'd put in a vote for Paul Verhoeven's larger-than-life line-up of RoboCop, Total Recall, and the irreverent Starship Troopers (which Heinlein purists presumably hate). I recently watched Total Recall again and it still looks excellent, managing to retain a surprising amount of Dick's thoughtfulness amidst all the Arnie beefcake action.

Videodrome was mentioned, but my own favourite film about virtual reality is probably Cronenberg's later variation on the theme, eXistenZ, which got rather overshadowed on its release by the more flashy Matrix.

And on a more 'old school' note, Fritz Lang's silent Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon) is rather fun (more so than Metropolis, I think).
 
Sourdust said:
Good pick. There are many interesting Eastern Bloc SF titles from the 60s-80s waiting to be uncovered. Tarkovsky's Solaris and Stalker are well-known, of course, but there's a lot of odd stuff that hasn't been seen much in the West (one I have seen, and recommend, is the eccentric SF comedy Kin-dza-dza).
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Ku?

I'm glad I'm not the only one. Kin-dza-dza is a great film! Very funny.

I need to get a proper copy:

RUSCICO


Sourdust said:
Videodrome was mentioned, but my own favourite film about virtual reality is probably Cronenberg's later variation on the theme, eXistenZ, which got rather overshadowed on its release by the more flashy Matrix.

And on a more 'old school' note, Fritz Lang's silent Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon) is rather fun (more so than Metropolis, I think).
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Seconded & seconded. eXistenZ is probably the best Philip K Dick movie yet made - even though he didn't write a word of it (excepting that a fast food joint in it was named 'Perky Pat's').

Frau im Mond does have more Fritz Rasp which helps
 
I think my favorite sci fi movie is Flash Gordon. I'm as surprised as you are, but honestly, I grew up watching that movie, and it's just wonderful. I love the dialogue, I mean, "Flash, I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!" and "Dispatch War Rocket Ajax. To bring back his body." And Brian Blessed! And music by Queen! It's just wonderful.
 
svalbard said:
Flash Gorden is my all time favourite sci-fi movie. It did not take itself too seriously and it also had one of the all time great soundtracks.
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Hey I'm not the only one! Woo!
 
Parson said:
Abernovo --- Please save yourself from two hours of utter rip off. There are maybe a 2 or 3 good scenes in the movie. The aliens are ridiculous. The weaponry was straight out of 1960. The believability was was a notch or two above absolute zero. And the ending looked like something someone dreamed up during a weekend drug binge.
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Yeah Fifth Element is not a good movie. It's just not.
 
Oh, l like Farscape. It consists 3 periods. The main character scientist John Crichton is so resourceful. He faces to difficulties in outer space, but anyway he continues his investigation and he communicates to other strange beings there. This film can attract your attention because of terrible appearance of these human, their paranormal abilities and strange laws on their planet. Find some time to enjoy this sci-fi film.
 
Aliens.

Hands down.

Why do we not have those fork-lift-truck-yellow-suit thingies by now? Surely they're more practical than a fork-lift truck? A fork-lift you can wear; c'mon. Put me down for one.
 
Alien, Aliens, The Thing, The Matrix, Dark City, Akira, Star Wars (the original 3) are probably my favourites, was a shame the matrix trilogy turned out to be a load of rubbish they had such a good start!
 
Alien (the first one -- I'm very specific about that)
Bladerunner
Event Horizon
Forbidden Planet
District 9


There are probably many more, but I'd need my memory prompted.

Edit: as reminded by Mith, The Matrix
 
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Alien
Bladerunner
Contact
Event Horizon
The Matrix (first one only!)
The Abyss
Terminator

There's probably loads more, but they were the first out of my head.
 
Planet of the Apes (original)
Logan's Run
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (I grew up with it!)
Star Wars
Star Trek movies (not the reboots)
The Matrix
 
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